Getting a keypress from windows
Author
How does one get a keypress when working in a windows application?
in my message loop, i check UINT msg
and if its WM_KEYDOWN i then check wparam and it gives me the virtual key code, VK_A
but i need ascii so i can tell if it is lowercase or uppercase
I had a book that told me how, but I have lost the book and forgotten what to do.
Please help
Author
i dont think it is, i get the value 65 for both lower and upper case A
i did this
int key;
key = (int) wparam;
printf("%d",key);
came to 65 with both a''s
and 15 when i hit the shift key, before pressing the a key
so this is giving me the virtual keycode (windows version of scancode)
please help anyone
i did this
int key;
key = (int) wparam;
printf("%d",key);
came to 65 with both a''s
and 15 when i hit the shift key, before pressing the a key
so this is giving me the virtual keycode (windows version of scancode)
please help anyone
Author
Problem fixed, reading a few other posts on here, i see what im doing wrong.
wparam holds the ascii value, only if you read wparam after msg sends a WM_CHAR command.
I was polling a WM_KEYDOWN message.
wparam holds the ascii value, only if you read wparam after msg sends a WM_CHAR command.
I was polling a WM_KEYDOWN message.
If you use TranslateMessage() properly you should get a WM_CHAR message for every WM_KEYDOWN message generated. The wParam of the WM_CHAR message should be the ASCII value of the key pressed.
edit: and you figured it out right before I posted
[edited by - SiCrane on January 5, 2004 9:25:50 PM]
edit: and you figured it out right before I posted
[edited by - SiCrane on January 5, 2004 9:25:50 PM]
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